‘Midnight Rider’ Case: CSX Wants New Trial; Sarah Jones Family Fights Against It

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CSX is asking for a new trial after losing a civil case this past summer to the parents of Sarah Jones who was killed on a GA train trestle in 2014 while filming the Greg Allman biopic Midnight Rider, and the deceased camera assistant’s family filed a brief earlier this week to try to stop it.

“We are extremely confident that justice prevailed in the Sarah Jones case when the jury announced its decision in July 2017,” said Elizabeth and Richard Jones’ attorney Jeffrey R. Harris. “There is no reasonable legal justification for CSX Transportation to request a new trial and no reason to put the Jones family through any additional hardship regarding the tragic loss of their daughter.” The lawyer is a partner at Harris Lowry Manton LLP.

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